Dong Zhongshu

Dong Zhongshu
Dong Zhongshu
Chinese	董仲舒
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Dǒng Zhòngshū
Wade–Giles	Tung3 Chung4-shu1
IPA	[tʊ̀ŋ ʈʂʊ̂ŋ.ʂú]
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization	Dúng Jùhng-syū
Jyutping	Dung2 Zung4-syu1
IPA	[toŋ˧˥ tsoŋ˩.syː˥]
Southern Min
Hokkien POJ	Táng Tiōng-soo
Middle Chinese
Middle Chinese	Túng ɖjùwng-sho
Old Chinese
Baxter–Sagart (2014)	Tˤongʔ N-trung-s l̥a

Dong Zhongshu (Chinese: 董仲舒; Wade–Giles: Tung Chung-shu; 179–104 BC) was a Chinese philosopher, politician, and writer of the Han dynasty. He is traditionally associated with the promotion of Confucianism as the official ideology of the Chinese imperial state. He apparently favored heaven worship over the tradition of cults celebrating the five elements.^[1] Ultimately banished to the Chancellery of Weifang by his adversary Gongsun Hong, Gongsun effectively promoted Dong's partial retirement from political life, and his teachings were transmitted from there.^[1] However, he apparently enjoyed great influence in the court in the last decades of his life leading up to that.^[2]

^ ^a ^b Loewe, Michael (2011-04-11). Dong Zhongshu, a ‘Confucian’ Heritage and the Chunqiu Fanlu. BRILL. ISBN 978-90-04-19465-6.
^ Queen, Sarah Ann (1996-08-28). From Chronicle to Canon: The Hermeneutics of the Spring and Autumn According to Tung Chung-shu. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-48226-4.

[:0-1] Loewe, Michael (2011-04-11). Dong Zhongshu, a ‘Confucian’ Heritage and the Chunqiu Fanlu. BRILL. ISBN 978-90-04-19465-6.

[2] Queen, Sarah Ann (1996-08-28). From Chronicle to Canon: The Hermeneutics of the Spring and Autumn According to Tung Chung-shu. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-48226-4.

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